Type-chase.



IJ. s. DUNCAN.

TYPE CHASE.

APPLICATION FILED APN-122,19o.

Patented Dee.v s, 1908.

FINS- E l im lssige@ ,iisrrrsh .osEPH s` -DNCAM oFoHioieo,1Li;1Nois, AssreNoR ro Anoresssoessre COMPANY, or'

Gerd/reo, ILLINors, A ooRroRArroN .oF mentors.

. Speeiceton or?v )liettere Petent.

Appleman sies spel se, rees.. sessi' erstes.

citizen of the United States,.residing at Chiyis s. specilcation.

cago, in the county o'r' Cook and State of-lllil'd nois,heve invented new and useful improvements 1n rlype-Clfieses, of which the following Circuler letters are, yto a eonsiclerablees:v tent, printed in the 'offices of those who send them out and on machines designed for. that particular pnrpose. There is a variety of these. machines and in my Letters Patent No, 774,658 dated Nov. 8, 1904 and No.' '774,912 dated Nov. 15, 1904 are disclosed'machines Which `not only print the letter but also address it and aix the si nature. Sometimes a `number of forms are ept in stock for use on ,these machines, and one form'mey be used a great number of times with a change of one or Amore lines or a portiono a line. As these machines ere often in charge of office boys or unskilled operatorsfit is very desirable .to provide folgmaking sncli changes in a simple and easily understood'rnanner..

The object of the present invention is te" grovide a chase in which the typeformfcane .readily secured and which will permit changes therein made.

In the accompanying drawings Figure l is a. Iplan View illustrating theinvention. Eig. 2 1s a sectional View on the line 2 -2 of Fie. l. Fig. 3 is a, similar View showing s; type holder and a spacing strip in the positioniof being arranged in or removed trom the chess. Fig.

, 4 is a' sectional View on the line iF-4 of Fig. l

- The type 5 are first set up in suitable holders 6v and the latter are secured on thebsse I by angle clamping plates S, 8 and edjiisting screws 9. The type holders 'are provided et-v their ends with lips 10,' 10 the lips lo et one .end being longer than the lips 1G et the'other" end. The clamping plete 5:3"` which engsges the lips`V 10 is 'preferebly Wider 'than theclampmg plate 8 which engages the lips il).

acing strips-1 1- may lieferranged betweeh t etype holders and they are similarly pro vide ahorre. end with a short lip. 12 rend zat the'other end With a. longer lip d2', corre spending to the'lips on the 4type holders.

Arlhe adjusting Screws Work in threaded opene ings 13 in the base and aremsde'with cons yshaped headsQ" to eintggagsI the bevel edgesf openings 1e.- in the clamping pistes.

'to be easily and quicklyi in directies, the .adjusting serews esollvclamping-plate are-loosenedeo met the long lip l0 o the type holder may be slipped heneath the elarriping latev S enel then ties 111g plate t. .Whenfall the holders, with or" Without spacing strips, ere thus errer'igel. sta the bese against-the gage pins 15 end with their lis engaged' beneath the demping lplateatl e screws are tightened and theA een e left ih the form illusv lcslhesd of the screws bearing ori the beveled draw the plates down toclamp the lips of securely ed e of theo venirifrs in the elem iris nietes P b la al.

vTo remove .a holder the screws are loosened and the holder is moved Vendvvise (to the right'in Athe form illustrated) until the short lip '10 is clear of the damning plate 8, as indicated bythe holder (if iii-'Fig l. The free end of the holderfesn thenbe",

raised and the holder movedentiwise (te the'fleft) to withdraw the long/lip.,lrorrrbe# Y, j neath'the elempin plate. 8', es' indicated by' the holder 6" in sig. land Fig; 3L The spacing strip is inserted4 and rimimerl similar, manner.

sly invention provides lorV inserting a holder containing a line of type, or a spsomg strip, in s. ohase, and for removing the 'seme fromv a chase, inl, ef simple, endl es: editions manner which can be easily eeoomp ished by an operator Without espeeiel slili or instrue-f tion.' This earl' be done also, Without Chenging or disturbing the other holderssnd spes` ving'strilgis except es it may he desired toreadju t them. It is obvious that the invention caribe embodied. in eehase of any clesireel size and that ruhheror metal or other type may be used. l'heve shown sgaeing strips inthe form of Wines and tyee holsters in channel form.- but they may be ot erwise oonstx'uoteoi provided they here the lips conteur.

.pletetifhy my invention. f

u Willetclaim and desire to secure hy liet ters Pstent is:

:L The cornhinetion of et ,ehelger a chase comprising a bese toreo-erre' the type holder, sngle clamping plates veach having 'e top part overlap ing the top of the bese to.-

engage the ene?. of the type holder and 'e side peri; te lie egeiost the slileor" bese, sed

means @eerst-,iss the sides the end throughA the sirres of the pistes enti herring beveled engagement with the' Vsides of the plates to secure the plates to the base and to adjust the top parts of said plates towards the base. .i

2. The combination of a type holder having a short lip at one end and a' long lip at the other end, a chase cornprisin"r a base to receive thetype holder, angle clamping lates at the sides of the chase to engage sai lips, and means for adjusting said plates towards the base to secure the type holder to the base. 3. The combination of a type holder having a short lip at one end and a long lip at the other end, a chase comprising a base to receive said type holder, angle clamping plates at the sides of the chase to engage said lips,

said clamping plates being proportioned in width to the length of the lips which they re* spectiveluv engage, and means for adjusting said plates to secure 'the type holder yto the base.

4. The combination of a type holder having a short lip at one end and a long lip at the other end, a chase comprising a base to reother end, a chase comprising a base to roceive said spacing strlp, clamping plates to engage the lips on said strip and proportioned in widthto the length of the lips which they respectively engage, and means for adjusting said clamping plates to secure the strip to the base.

JOSEPH S. DUNCAN.

I vWitnesses:

NVM. A. BELT, M. A. KIDDIE. 

